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| Paedophile repeatedly raped six-year-old in campaign of sexual abuse | |
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| A paedophile was causing a six-year-old boy such pain while raping him he told the child to bite a pillow, a court has heard. | A paedophile was causing a six-year-old boy such pain while raping him he told the child to bite a pillow, a court has heard. |
| John Bell, 30 of Throckley, Newcastle, was jailed for 17 years after being convicted of a six charges of rape of a young child. | John Bell, 30 of Throckley, Newcastle, was jailed for 17 years after being convicted of a six charges of rape of a young child. |
| The boy was left so traumatised he no longer plays with other children. | The boy was left so traumatised he no longer plays with other children. |
| Bell, a mechanic, groomed the youngster, buying him sweets and taking him on motorbike trips, the court heard. | Bell, a mechanic, groomed the youngster, buying him sweets and taking him on motorbike trips, the court heard. |
| “There is evidence of exceptional psychological harm to him,” Jo Kidd, prosecuting, said of Bell’s victim, the Daily Mail reported. | “There is evidence of exceptional psychological harm to him,” Jo Kidd, prosecuting, said of Bell’s victim, the Daily Mail reported. |
| The court heard Bell knew the child had been raped by another man before he began his campaign of abuse. | The court heard Bell knew the child had been raped by another man before he began his campaign of abuse. |
| But he proceeded to groom the boy and then raped him repeatedly. | But he proceeded to groom the boy and then raped him repeatedly. |
| “This was a course of conduct where you abused him on a regular basis,” Judge Edward Bindloss told Bell when he sentenced him at Newcastle Crown Court, the newspaper reported. | “This was a course of conduct where you abused him on a regular basis,” Judge Edward Bindloss told Bell when he sentenced him at Newcastle Crown Court, the newspaper reported. |
| “You physically hurt him when you raped him and you told him to bite the pillow,” he added. | “You physically hurt him when you raped him and you told him to bite the pillow,” he added. |
| Bell has maintained his innocence. | Bell has maintained his innocence. |